Harm Minimisation The term Harm Minimisation is used widely and is associated with drug related strategies. ... The Australian Drug Foundation believes that it would be in the public interest if this term were avoided in relation to drug strategy. ... This is same rhetoric used in New York and More recently adopted in the Northern Territory;  Legislation giving police the power to break-up groups of youths in public places (Crimes Legislation Amendment [Police and Public Safety] Act 1998); Legislation covering possession of knives and other implements (Cr...

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The Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984) (PACE) attempted a code of practice and duties of a police officer to investigate crime. The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 was started to give a new statutory responsibility to local authorities for the development of local crime and disorder strategies with the police force. Within the act the local authority and chief police officers are made the responsible authorities for initiating and resolving crime reduction strategies with the co-operation of local probation and health services. ... In the 1960's the tripartite system was introduced by...

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"Creating a profile about the kinds of people who commit certain types of crimes may lead officers to generalize about a particular group and act according to the generalization rather than specific behavior" (http://www.nij.gov/topics/law-enforcement/legitimacy/pages/racial-profiling.aspx). ... "Racial profiling is unlikely to be an effective policing strategy as criminals can simply shift their activities outside the profile" (http://www.nij.gov/topics/law-enforcement/legitimacy/pages/racial-profiling.aspx). ...

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In response to violence in the early 1960's, American police services began to use some military strategies against armed and barricaded suspects. ... The SWAT commander's role is to act as advisor and liaison between the team and the Operations Commander. ... The spotter can also act as a secondary marksman should the situation call for it. ...

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Restorative justice today recognizes the act of crime as being directed against individual people. ... Developing a restitution plan, allowing the offender to hear the total impact the act had upon the victim, and sometimes the community, allows the healing process to begin (Umbreit 1996). ... Respondents indicated greater concern for restitution and prevention and prevention strategies that address underlying issues of social injustice than for costly retribution. ...

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Discretion being defined as the ability or power to decide responsibly or the freedom to act or judge on ones own, in this instance still according to the law and regardless of ones own prejudices. ... Discretion is used at the individual level such as patrolling strategies, decisions to arrest, stop and frisk, write a report, and also the administrative or departmental level such as manpower levels, allocation of personnel and resources, policies, and training. ... Policies limit their discretion and give the police guidelines to act upon. ... Also from experience it seems that less experi...

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Even though the FBI has numerous acts that enable them to spy on our daily lives, they still are pressing for even more power under the Communication Assistance for Law Enforcement Act by trying to access control of all major corporations online. ... Criminal activity may be spotted but only insignificant criminal activity that can be discoverable through other law enforcement tactics or strategy's not involving privacy invaded. ...

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The people themselves call attention to themselves because they act conspicuous, and therefore lead the police officer to believe that they are doing something wrong. "The overall objective of drug law enforcement from which particular strategies flow at both local and federal levels is to immobilize traffickers of illicit drugs by either removing them from the market through law enforcement intervention, making the costs of trafficking outweigh the reward, and/or effectively reducing demand for illicit substances through the treatment and curing of the consuming population- (Manning 234). ...

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Stage one consists of recruitment strategies and outreach intiatives (Policing...). ... Daily Tasks, Stresses and Rewards There are four key areas of responsibility described by the Police services act for a police constable: 'preserving the peace; preventing crimes and providing assistance to others in their prevention; assisting victims of crime; apprehending and charging offenders and executing warrants' (Policing...). ...

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In a sense, stress causes a restrictive hold on the body and mind, which causes a person to act in ways that are out of the norm for them. ... Most of the reviewed research argues that police officers change there coping strategies and behaviors overtime, with some of these changes actually contributing to officers reported stress experiences and stress levels. ... In longer terms, individuals may experience changes in their personalities, which reflect alterations of their typical coping strategies (Skolnick, 1973). ...

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Such methods of social control and responsibility fall on the shoulders of law enforcement, and officers feel significant pressures from the public and the media to act as problem solvers, psychologists, and social workers to name a few...

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Crime can be defined as " any act or omission regarded by a sizable segment of a given society as warranting formal intervention to control, punish and prevent behaviours."1 However the diminishing crime rate may not hold to be a true depiction of a national trend in all provinces. ... Actus reas is when there is an act apparent that violates some law. Mens rea is that there is evident intent, although, if there is not we can then define the act as negligent. Negligent being an act that violates some law, yet, was unintentional. ... Within the legal system different areas use diff...

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Brutality is a conscious and heinous act committed by law enforcement who usually take great pains to disclose their misconduct. ... Openness about police and what they do whether though the infusion of new strategies and new blood into policing. ...

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What Cops See and Know Criminal investigators have numerous responsibilities when conducting investigations such as following certain procedures and overcoming obstacles to obtain crucial evidence. Jackall describes how officers are required to write a report and research a case. However, Jac...

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